If you're from Dublin, for example, chances are you live with your family, if you're lucky enough to, right up to the mid-20s. And most of the people I know, when they finally sort of set off on their own, they don't stray all that far. Roddy Doyle 20schancedublin share on social
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. Roddy Doyle backburdenirish Change image and share on social
I'm not recognised that much. I'm just a bald man in glasses and there's a rash of them in Dublin. It'd be different if I had a mohican. Roddy Doyle balddublinglass Change image and share on social
Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. Roddy Doyle endeavourfailurepart Change image and share on social
When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. Roddy Doyle examfictiongrow Change image and share on social
I wouldn't go out of my way to experience the indignity of middle-age just because it might be good meat for a story. Roddy Doyle ageexperiencegood Change image and share on social
If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing. Roddy Doyle changeexcusehome Change image and share on social
When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea. Roddy Doyle growislandmatter Change image and share on social
When I'm writing I just think there's only the page and me and nobody else. Roddy Doyle pagewrite Change image and share on social
Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child. Roddy Doyle adultchildchord Change image and share on social